Unfortunately Lunatree, that multifaceted and inspiring ensemble, stops. The intention and commitment of the founders, Anthony Fiumara and Arnold Marinissen, appealed to me very much. At the farewell concert Lunatree plays, among other things, my composition Ihr Tore. Modulationes super Cantatam BWV 193 : a completed and ›modulated‹ cantata by Bach that I wrote especially for the ensemble (for soprano, alto, violin, cello, clarinet, piano, percussion and drones).

December 8, 2018 | 20:15 Concertzaal Willem Twee, Den Bosch. See also concerts & for more information about the music: Ihr Tore.

The Road To Here will be premiered by Ottoni Quartet and organist Wybe KooijmansSee concerts

The Road To Here (2018) for brass quartet and organ was commissioned by the Ottoni Quartet on the occasion of their 25th anniversary, with financial support by the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Orgelpark Amsterdam and the Ottoni Quartet. Read more about The Road To Here

In a special program of the Asko Kamerkoor three of my compositions will be performed: Genieting V for accordion, Genieting II for extended vibraphone and Nous le chant III, a scenic concert for mixed choir, performer, accordion, organ & samples.

Sternenrest fits perfectly into the theme of this year's festival: awe-inspiring! ›How is it that, through the workings of our brain, we can form a picture of our actions and our place in the immeasurable cosmos? The fact that we are increasingly better equipped to chart that cosmos, macro and micro, does little to diminish our realisation that we are only a tiny part of an overwhelmingly large universe.‹

I wrote incidental music for Karst Woudstra's play Anterotikon.The music, commissioned by theater company WARNS, consists of an Introduction and seven Entr'actes.

The scoring is for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano. I made the score and the sound files in Sibelius.

The performances: May 23, 24 and 25 (20:15 p.m.)The production will be repeated in october 2014.The location: Amstelveens Poppentheater in Amstelveen

This is the third production of WARNS for which I wrote music. Previous productions were The Lady from the Sea [Ibsen] and The Lady from Dubuque [Albee].Listen to the music for these plays on the website or at Soundcloud

The new composition for Ensemble Klang, ›wonen is het Westen‹ (home is the West), is the transitional music for the evening from the cycle ›Day Daily‹.It will be premiered on March 11, 2014 in Tilburg by this ensemble of excellent musicians, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.My congratulations to Ensemble Klang: Am Abendhimmel blühet ein Frühling auf (Hölderlin, Abendphantasie)

›wonen is het Westen‹ will be performed again on October 25, 2014 in the Orgelpark in Amsterdam, where it will combined with an other piece from the cycle: ›De dag daagt‹ for organ.

Raving is inspired by Electronic Dance Music and ›raves‹: events where thousands of people gather to dance to music. That people gather around music, as at raves and also when listening to concert music, somehow has a moving aspect for me. And that is among other things what Raving is about.Raving is not primarily intended to dance to. Yet Raving is also about dancing. On the one hand in Electronic Dance Music the endless, electronic pulse evokes the frenzy of dancing, on the other hand it keeps the dance in check by its regularity. Thus the deepest human impulses reveal themselves in the lightness of dance. This is celebrated in Raving, without forgetting the loner among the crowd.

After the successful music I wrote for theater company WARNS last year I was again invited to write incidental music for their performances of Edward Albee's play The Lady from Dubuque [De dame uit de provincie] this year.This time I composed a ballad to be sung by the actress Marieken van Nieuwpoort as an intermezzo between the acts, as well as introductory music to the play itself.

The scoring is for jazz ensemble (alto sax, muted trumpet, electric guitar, piano, electric organ, bass and drums), which fits the mood of the play.The ballad (›No Time to be Afraid‹) is for voice and piano.Listen to some of the music here

The performances were at June 15 and 16 (20:30 p.m.), June 17 (15:00 p.m.) and the upcoming performances are at October 3, 4 and 5 (20:30 p.m.)The location: De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam

First performance of ›One Noon‹ for six percussionists by CIRCUS S.›One Noon‹ is about twelve o’clock midday, when the sun is at its highest point and situated due south. At noon the world is at the centre of full daylight. The blazing sun in the sky, the shadows on earth, the refections and sparkles, the clouds passing in front of the sun, all caused me to deploy exclusively metal instruments for this celebration of noon.The percussionists are placed around the audience, making the sound rotation audible. I am very much looking forward to the premiere by the six percussionists of CIRCUS S in their circus tent. On May 5, 11:30 a.m. in Hannover.

On September 16 ›Nous le chant I & II‹ will be premiered by SCHOLA HEIDELBERG & ensemble aisthesis. I wrote the music for five voices and three instruments on texts by Henri Meschonnic. ›Nous le chant I & II‹ was commissioned by Walter Nußbaum, artistic director and conductor of both ensembles. The first performance will take place in Heidelberg (D). http://www.klanghd.de/index.html

I wrote incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play The Lady from the Sea.The music, commissioned by theater company WARNS, consists of an Introduction and four Entr'actes.

The scoring is for percussion, flugelhorn, piano, strings, voices and some electronic effects.The score is not meant to be executed, however. I made the score and the sound files in Sibelius and mixed the music in Logic.

The subject of De Dag Daagt for (pipe) organ is the morning twilight, during which night turns into day. At that point the sun is still beneath the horizon, and the nearer it approaches the horizon, the lighter the sky becomes, and the stars are extinguished. We are able to discern more and more of our surroundings, which appear like »a ceremony,« as Wislawa Szymborska so beautifully puts it in her poem Early Hour [Wczesna godzina]. The music concludes at the moment that the first ray of sunshine reaches the earth directly.

The, for the time being, last performance of Sternenrest takes place on 01.21.2012, at 20:15, in Het Orgelpark in Amsterdam by the Spectra Ensemble, Olaf Tarenskeen - electric guitar, Arnold Marinissen - percussion of glass, Wave Field Synthesis and Casper Schipper - sound direction.It is advisable to reserve tickets because of the limited number of seats.

First performances of The Hours 13-17, part of the cycle Day Daily, in November 2010

Day Daily - The Hours [Dag Dagelijks – De Uren] is a cycle of twenty-four one-minute pieces which represents the hours of the day.The cycle is written for and dedicated to f.c. jongbloed, an ensemble of the Fontys Conservatorium in Tilburg, conducted by Arnold Marinissen.

After beautiful performances of the two preceding sets, f.c. jongbloed will premiere the third set, The Hours 13-17, on November 4, 10 and 25, 2010. See agendaThe afternoon hours were scored for clarinet (Evelien de Vries), alto saxophone (Peter Leung), violin (Diana Biazarti) and cello (Cor Coppoolse).

For the first time the optional electronic pulses can be heard that accompanies the instrumental music. The pulses were made with »tee-een«, a Max / MSP patch, initially designed for Sternenrest by Johan van Kreij. The basic ingredients of the patch are the six frequencies of the star HD 129929. Consequently this star will be secretly present during daytime. Which obviously is not in contradiction with reality.The picture shows thecover of the cd which marks the 5th anniversary of f.c. jongbloed. The cd includes the ›live & unedited‹ recording of The Hours 19-22, and was presented at the November Music Festival 2010.